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PATRICK J. RYAN: So our next-- hi, Julian. So our next panel is Ethical Issues and Leverage Financing Transactions. We have two panelists. Our first immediately to David's left, you may remember him for those of you who have been here in the past from prior years is Edwin Smith. He's a partner at Morgan Lewis. He concentrates his practice in commercial law, debt financing, structured financings, work out bankruptcies, and international transactions. ...

Taken from the Web Program Leveraged Financing 2017 recorded May, 2017 in New York.
Ethical Considerations in Leveraged Financings [01:00:21]
Conflicts of interest and conflict waivers
Who is the client; prospective and former clients
Client confidences
Candor in negotiations
Contact with other parties represented by counsel
Speakers: Julian S.H. Chung, Edwin E. Smith
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MARCELO HALPERN: All right. Welcome back for the last session of the day. As often is the case, we are doing ethics today. For all of you who need the ethics credits, welcome. Our speaker is David Rabinowitz. He is co-head of the litigation department and a member of the intellectual property department and legal ethics and law firm practice department at Moses and Singer, where he's been a partner since 1985.
He handles civil commercial cases of ...

ANNE VLADECK: Well, you guys have been great all day. And now we have ethics. And I think we put together an all-star panel that will not only be interesting, and enlightening, but will make the last hour very quick. And I think from the far left, Lou DiLorenzo--
LOU DILORENZO: Politically. Politically from the far left.
ANNE VLADECK: No. He would be on the other side. And in fact, he is so good that he had everybody crying at a mock jury where ...

GERALD: All right. So where are we in today's events? We've looked at the rules, we've prepared for depositions, we've prepared witnesses, we've defended depositions, we just saw demonstrations on actual depositions being taken. We've looked at transcripts. We've learned how to frame questions, do follow up, deal with obstructionist counsel. All these things actually happen in depositions, and during the course of a deposition, many ethical issues ...

Taken from the Web Program Fundamentals of Taking and Defending Depositions 2017 recorded March, 2017 in New York.
Ethical Dilemmas Arising With Depositions [01:31:40]
• Obligations of lawyers when clients do not tell the truth
• How to handle tricky or abusive behavior during depositions
• Issues arising with attorneys who implant memories or instill doubt about recollections in witnesses during preparation
• Coaching or ...

CARMEN LAWRENCE: So our last panel of the day is the Ethical Dilemmas panel, and that is moderated by David Keyko. And David is a litigation partner at Pillsbury Winthrop. David specializes in major complex multi-party litigation involving allegations of fraud, antitrust violations, and issues involving ethics and trusts and estates. He is a renowned expert on ethics and professional responsibility and is the past chair of the Professional Responsibility ...

JOHN BUSEY WOOD: OK, welcome back. I hope you've had really good dessert so we can all fall asleep, because this is a scary topic. And I really don't want to upset you. You've had a really good day so far. We're now going to do lawyer ethics. Scary. Very scary. And commercial leasing? Give me a break. Like, how probable is this?
ROBERT J. BERGSON: Never happens.
JOHN BUSEY WOOD: It just doesn't. But he's going to try really hard. Our new panelist ...

RONALD HEDGES: So let's go.
AMY WALKER WAGNER: So we're going to talk about social media and at the end touch on e-filing.
RONALD HEDGES: I have to ask the question. How many of you or on LinkedIn? OK, every hand just about is going up. Twitter? A third of the hands. That's good. If you have children, I'll guarantee you they are. Or they're on some equivalent of it.
Snapchat? Anybody use Snapchat? 15 hands up or so. Any firm or agency does not ...

Attorneys admitted in New York within the last two years can satisfy their annual MCLE ethics requirements by viewing this program. You can satisfy your skills, professional practice and law practice management MCLE requirements at other programs.
Credit Offered: CLE
Newly admitted New York attorneys in their first or second year of practice, or anyone seeking a better understanding of the intersection between legal ethics and social media use ...

SPEAKER 1: We're going to let Theo and Liz jump right in whenever they're ready.
ELIZABETH FRANKEL: Sure.
SPEAKER 2: You tell us when.
SPEAKER 1: Right now.
SPEAKER 2: Should we give you a 30-minute warning? We don't want to lose any time. Thank you. We're ready for the next panel, which will feature Theo Liebmann and Elizabeth Frankel, who are going to address ethical issues in representing children. Thank you so much.
ELIZABETH FRANKEL: Thanks, ...

Taken from the Web Program Representing Children in Immigration Matters 2016: Effective Advocacy and Ethical Best Practices recorded November, 2016 in New York.
Ethical Issues: Representing Children in Immigration Matters [01:01:05]
The capacity of children to be clients
Delineating between best interests and legal interests
Conflicts of interest among children and adults: rules and hypotheticals
Privilege and confidentiality ...

STEPHEN P SONNENBERG: I have the pleasure of introducing the faculty for the third panel on ethical issues and professional responsibilities. Again, just very brief introductions. The materials are in your packets.
Susan Ritz, to my immediate left, is a partner in the New York law firm of Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher. Susan handles all types of employment-related matters. And there's a lot of advising and representation of employees and partners in employment ...

Taken from the Web Program Psychological Issues in the Workplace 2017 recorded May, 2017 in New York.
Ethical Issues and Professional Responsibilities: Preventing and Responding to Workplace Violence and Bullying [01:00:23]
Employee threats and coworkers’ fears: Ethical considerations in managing a response
Secrets and confidences; ethical ways to safeguard privacy interests in the face of threats and bullying
Professional ...

JOSE: OK. So our next segment is focused on ethical issues that arise in IP monetization. And we're fortunate to have two presenters for this segment.
First, we have professor Lisa Dolak. Lisa is Senior Vice President and University Secretary at Syracuse University. And the Angela S. Cooney Professor of Law at the Syracuse University College of Law. As university secretary, professor Dolak overseas trustee relations, coordinates the overall work ...

Taken from the Web Program IP Monetization and Investment 2017: Maximize Your Financial and Strategic Options recorded April, 2017 in New York.
Ethical Issues Arising in IP Monetization [01:01:16]
In this segment, ethical considerations arising in patent assertions and patent transactions are examined, including ethical considerations arising in connection with the purpose for which patent assertions are brought, as well as ethical issues relating ...

KAREN MURTAGH: Welcome back for our second panel of the day, which is Ethical Issues Arising in Prison Actions. Our panelists today are Professor Philip Genty and Professor Bradley Wendel. Philip is the Everett B. Birch Innovative Teaching Clinical Professor in Professional Responsibility at Columbia Law School. He joined the Columbia faculty in 1989-- I almost said 1889.
PHILIP GENTY: (LAUGHS) Feels that way.
KAREN MURTAGH: He teaches professional ...

Taken from the Web Program Prison Law 2016 recorded November, 2016 in New York.
Ethical Issues Arising in Prison Actions [00:59:35]
Conflicts of interest and concurrent clients: determining when concurrent representation is permissible
Conflicts of interest and former clients: analyzing whether matters are substantially related and interests are materially adverse
Diminished capacity: evaluating issues
Imputing conflicts: ...

MICHELE R FISHER: OK. And now for our final panel on ethical issues arising in wage and hour self-audits. I'd like to introduce the attorney sitting next to me. This is Noah Finkel from the Seyfarth Shaw law firm in Chicago. He's a management attorney. And he's also opposing counsel on one of my cases.
We also have sitting next to him Katie Manley. Katie is the assistant general counsel and vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald. And prior to that, ...

Taken from the Web Program Wage & Hour Litigation and Compliance 2017 recorded March, 2017 in New York.
Ethical Issues Arising in Wage & Hour Self-Audits [01:01:11]
Self-audits: what ethical obligations exist if the audit shows noncompliance?
Is audit information protected by confidentiality or privilege from production to the DOL or during private litigation?
Ethical considerations in speaking with and collecting information ...

SPEAKER 1: Hello. Back in action across the country here. It's impressive that some of you are still out on a Friday night at 6:45, but out here, it's just 3:45. So we're just moving into the weekend. I've been promoting this group at the program here for two days, and they've been doing this now for us for at least three years. I think that's right.
And so it's my pleasure to introduce our ethics group. So as you know from looking in your materials, ...

PAMELA A. MANN: Next up, we have what you've all been waiting for-- ethics. And here to present ethics to you is my colleague and friend, Liz Guggenheimer. Liz is the Deputy Executive Director and Director of Institutional Advancement at the Lawyers Alliance for New York. She has significant legal expertise in the area of nonprofit governance and risk management, fundraising law and regulation, and legal ethics.
With regard to the topic she's going ...

LISA J. SOTTO: All right. Come on back in, if you would, please. Our last panel of the day, and very, very important panel, is our ethics panel. Al Saikali is a partner in the Miami office of Shook, Hardy, And Bacon. And he's going to enlighten us today. Al founded and chairs the firm's data privacy and data security practice group.
In that role, he directs breach response efforts, represents companies in litigation arising from data breaches and ...

JESSE COLE CUTLER: Ah, the ethics hour. The last one. Remember to sign out. If you don't, you won't get credit for the full day, including the ethics portion.
Also, please do fill out the evaluation forms. Tell us your tips, your suggestions, who you want to see, what you want to see, and that you want to speak next year, because we'd love to have you. I am pleased to introduce Joanne Butler. Joanne L. Butler represents numerous boards of education ...